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1.How did you get into 29? (Air)
I guess it was when Sexy Boy & Kelly Watch the Stars got a lot of airplay on MTV in the late 90's.

2. What's the first song you ever heard by 22? (The Radio Dept.)
Not entirely sure, but I vaguely remember seeing them live on a festival in Sweden in 2004, which is probably when I heard their music for the first time. (Mind you, it was at a boozy music festival after all, so it's all a bit of a blur really...)

3. What's your favorite lyric by 33? (José González)
Maybe these ones from Broken Arrow:
"Summerlove left this town
It was too cold to bathe and the leaves turned brown
The sun went down
And with it the love we found
That's the way things are sometimes
Most of the time"

4. How did you get into 49? (Björk)
Well, seeing that I'm Scandinavian she was a pretty big deal there with her debut album (called Debut). The first track I heard was Human Behaviour, but I didn't start listening to her stuff properly until the late 90's.

5. How many albums by 13 do you own? (MF DOOM)
Two (Operation Doomsday & MM Food).

6. What is your favorite song by 50? (M83)
Graveyard Girl.

7. Is there a song by 39 that makes you sad? (RJD2)
Not that I can think of, or maybe One Day.

8. What is your favorite song by 15? (El-P)
Tasmanian Pain Coaster is pure genius.

9. What is your favorite song by 5? (Sage Francis)
Sea Lion.

10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy? (Alias)
Not really, I wouldn't exactly say Alias is famous for his feelgood-tracks. Maybe Dr.C by Alias & Tarsier.

11. What is the worst song by 40? (Coldplay)
Violet Hill no doubt. Can't stand it. I never understood how it could be released as a first album single.

12. What is your favorite song by 10? (Sia)
Breathe Me, followed by Death By Chocolate.

13. What is a good memory you have involving 30? (Sole)
I remember being on a road trip with my brother and he'd brought 'Selling Live Water' which had recently been released. I had never heard of Sole, but I loved what I heard.

14. What is your favorite song by 38? (CunninLynguists)
It's a tie between Seasons (Remix) and Don't Leave (When Winter Comes). The beat for the remix of seasons is amazing and fits the lyrcs perfectly.

15. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy? (Murs)
The Night Before is nice. Bad Man! is a good party tune.

16. Is there a song by 25 that makes you sad? (Feist)
Yep. Let It Die, The Park & How My Heart Behaves. To name a few.

17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23? (Jean Grae)
Love Song.

18. What's your favorite lyric by 11? (Bat for Lashes)
From Good Love:
"In the night time we are found
Misty sorrow swoop unbound
Whisper you mean it, say you'll stay
Hold my heart till brighter days"

19. Who is a favorite member of 1? (Aesop Rock)
Ian Matthias Bavitz (aka Aesop Rock). Tricky one that.

20. Is there a song by 14 that makes you happy? (WHY?)
Gemini (Birthday Song) and A Sky For Shoeing Horses Under both put a smile on my face.

21. What is a good memory involving 27? (Burial)
I listened a lot to Burial when I initially moved to London, so maybe that.

22. What is your favorite song by 16? (Regina Spektor)
Samson was the first song I heard by her, and I absolutely loved it. Still find it amazing. But she's done so many incredible tracks, other favourites are Ode To Divorce and Somedays.

23. What is the first song you ever heard by 47? (Radiohead)
Creep, back in the day. Not really feeling their recent stuff.

24. What is your favourite album by 18? (The Clash)
London Calling - one of the greatest albums ever made imo.

25. What is your favorite song by 21? (Madvillain)
Accordion.

26. What is the first song you ever heard by 26? (Masta Ace)
Beautiful.

27. What is your favorite album by 3? (Death Cab for Cutie)
Plans. Even quality throughout, not one bad song on the entire album.

28. What is you favorite song by 2? (Sigur Rós)
Probably Með suð í eyrum or Saeglopur. A lot of good songs to choose from though.

29. What was the first song you ever heard by 32? (Boards of Canada)
Music Is Math was featured in a Swedish movie, and that's what made me start listening to them.

30. What is you favorite song by 8? (The Album Leaf)
We Need Help.

31. How many times have you seen 17 live? (Bon Iver)
None, but I'd love to. Hopefully within the next year.

32. Is there a song by 44 that makes you happy? (Lykke Li)
Everybody But Me (Christoffer Remix). The lyrics are depressing as anything, but it's still that instant party anthem.

33. How did you get into 12? (Madlib)
Through Jaylib's Champion Sound.

34. What is the worst song by 45? (Buck 65)
Kennedy Killed the Hat (which a lot of people seem to love)

35. What was the first song you ever heard by 34? (Groove Armada)
My friend, yet again on MTV back in High School. I still remember the video.

36. What was the first song you ever heard by 48? (Koushik)
Lying in the Sun.

37. How many times have you seen 42 live? (One Be Lo)
None.

38. What is you favorite song by 36? (The Shins)
New Slang & Sea Legs.

39. What was the first song you ever heard by 28? (Cat Power)
The Greatest

40. What is you favorite album by 7? (J Dilla)
Donuts! A classic.

41. Is there a song by 31 that makes you happy? (P.O.S.)
Goodbye. Great beat.

42. What is your favorite album by 41? (Zero 7)
Simple Things.

43. What is your favorite song by 24? (Azure Ray)
Rise. (In fact the song with the most plays in my entire library.)

44. What is a good memory you have involving 46? (Dosh)
I listened a lot to Wolves and Wishes when I went to Tokyo last year, and listening to that album still reminds me of the good times I spent there.

45. What is your favorite song by 35? (DJ Shadow)
Stem/Long Stem, hands down. Amazing track.

46. Is there a song by 9 that makes you happy? (The Streets)
I guess the easy answer here would be to mention any song off Everything Is Borrowed. But I'm not really a big fan of Mike Skinner going all happy-go-lucky, so I'd have to say Fit But You Know It and Don't Mug Yourself.

47. What is your favorite album by 4? (Atmosphere)
Lucy Ford, followed by God Loves Ugly.

48. Who is your favorite member of 37? (Bloc Party)
Don't have one.

49. What is the first song you ever heard by 43? (Band of Horses)
The Funeral. Still reckon it's one of their best songs.

50. What is your favorite song by 20? (The Roots)
You Got Me. High school memories right there.

Yeah it's one of these things. What else are you suppose to do at 2:30 in the morning.

First, make a list of your top-20 artists overall. Then, for each of these artists, add the 8 most similar artists to your list. Delete any duplicates, count up the number of entries on your list and this will give you some idea of how eclectic your listening habits are. A score of 9 represents an extremely unvaried musical taste while a 160 represents an extremely varied one.

1. Every Time I Die

Maylene and the Sons of Disaster
He Is Legend
Norma Jean
The Bled
Poison the Well
The Ghost of a Thousand
Cancer Bats

2. Senses Fail

Hawthorne Heights
Armor for Sleep
A Static Lullaby
Scary Kids Scaring Kids
From First to Last
Saosin
Finch

3. Dance Gavin Dance

Emarosa
Isles & Glaciers
Lower Definition
A Skylit Drive
Ghost Runner on Third
Pierce the Veil
Closure In Moscow
Of Machines

4.Thrice

Thursday
The Receiving End of Sirens
As Cities Burn
Emery


5. P.O.S.

Doomtree
Sims
Cecil Otter
Dessa
Mike Mictlan and Lazerbeak
Mac Lethal
Brother Ali
Atmosphere

6. Brand New

Manchester Orchestra
Taking Back Sunday
Kevin Devine
Straylight Run
Say Anything
Bayside
The Early November

7.The Fall of Troy

The Thirty Years War
The Number Twelve Looks Like You
Tera Melos
The Sound of Animals Fighting
Fear Before


8. Alexisonfire

Enter Shikari
Underoath

9.The Dillinger Escape Plan

Converge
PsyOpus
Botch
Ion Dissonance
Between the Buried and Me
SikTh
Genghis Tron

10. A Day to Remember

Attack Attack!
In Fear and Faith
Set Your Goals
Burden of a Day

11. Buck 65

Sebutones
Bike For Three!
Sage Francis
Sole
Non-Prophets
Josh Martinez
Dose One
Cadence Weapon

12. New Found Glory

Fireworks
Hit the Lights
The Movielife
The Starting Line
The Wonder Years
This Time Next Year

13. The Sleeping

Secert Lives! Of The Freemasons
Four Letter Lie
Lower Definition
Therefore I Am
Boys Night Out
I Am the Avalanche

14. Rise Against

Strike Anywhere
Anti-Flag
Billy Talent
Sum 41
Ignite
The Offspring
Strung Out
Zebrahead

15. The Chariot

Oh, Sleeper
Luti-Kriss
Twelve Gauge Valentine
Architects

16. Four Year Strong

Me vs Hero
A Loss For Words

17. Circa Survive

Anthony Green
Audience of One
High and Driving
Chiodos

18. Silverstein

Alesana
Escape the Fate
LoveHateHero
Blessthefall

19. The Devil Wears Prada

August Burns Red
Miss May I
Drop Dead, Gorgeous
Asking Alexandria

20. Protest the Hero

The Human Abstract


107/160

http://www.last.fm/music/The+Problemaddicts/The+Dark+Side+Of+Oz

The new album from The Problemaddicts is free to download from last.fm

This album and their first album 'The First Step' are definitely worth checking out!

Great for fans of any hiphop, particularly along a Del, Masta Ace sort of vibe.

Spread the word as they don't get anywhere near enough listens!

Cheers,

cj

The ProblemaddictsMasta AceThe RootsThe First StepThe RootsAesop RockeMCAtmosphereDel Tha Funky HomosapienJurassic 5Ugly DucklingDilated Peoples

Tool
Flogging Molly
A Perfect Circle
Korn
The Briggs
Sigur Ros
Atmosphere
Chevelle
Disturbed
Trans Am
Mastodon
Kanye West
The Mars Volta
She Wants Revenge
Massive Attack
Trapt
The Presidents of the United States of America
Grieves
Mac Lethal
Patient Patient
Viva Voce
YACHT
Breaking Benjamin
Stavesacre
Seventh Day Slumber
Bad Religion
NOFX
Isis
Regina Spektor
Peeping Tom
My Brightest Diamond
The Decemberists
Aesop Rock
Common Market
Blue Scholars
Silversun Pickups
Sea Wolf
The Saturday Knights
Pigeon John
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
B.B. King
Matisyahu
Ssion
Dj Numark
The Sword
Ratatat
Mika Miko
WHY?
Vega
Neon Indian
Fuck Buttons
Atlas Sound
Matt McCloskey

sicksoul's top albums (overall)
1. Non-Prophets - Hope (309) 2. Copywrite - The High Exhaulted (308) 3. Sage Francis - A Healthy Distrust (301) 4. The Roots - Things Fall Apart (267) 5. Alborosie - Soul Pirate European Tour 2008 (LIMITED EDITION CD) (256) 6. Jah Mason - No matter the time (207) 7. Atmosphere - Seven's Travels (192) 8. Gang Starr - The Ownerz (177) 9. The Doors - The Very Best of The Doors (172) 10. Atmosphere - Lucy Ford (171) 11. Cypress Hill - III : Temples Of Boom (164) 12. Anthony B - Rise Up (160) 13. DJ Vadim - U CAN'T LURN IMAGINASHUN (158) 14. The Roots - The Roots Come Alive (155) 15. Ohmega Watts - The Find (154) 16. Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass (149) 17. House of Pain - Same As It Ever Was (147) 18. Brother Ali - The Undisputed Truth (146) 19. Foreign Beggars - Stray Point Agenda (141) 20. Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus (139)

The best new track tonight was 'DQMOT' by People Under The Stairs. Every album they release is full of gems and I really had a tough time picking one to play tonight. Amazing hip hop, just pure fun and wicked rapping!

The sharp-eyed Groinker might notice a bit more retro electro than I normally play. This is because I was still buzzing from watching the BBC's 'Synth Britannia.' So, there is no one best old tune tonight - it's every song that made my teenage electropop years fantastic. Thank you, synth kids. :-)

This is what you heard:

J. Scrilla & Royalty - Wut Up
Apollo 18 - End
Benny Page & Zero G - pan pipes
In Defence - Don't Call Me A Moshist
Alphabetix - Bounce
The Elephants - Take it!
Mesmer - Some Disney Scene
Kool Shen - Salope.Com
Rustie - Bad Science
The Orphan, The Poet - Archetype
Spearmint - sweeping the nation
Bound By Honor - Word Play
Black Flag - 08-police story
Trash80 - Icarus
Bury Tomorrow - You & I
The Normal - Warm Leatherette
Los Campesinos! - Drop It Doe Eyes
Cormega - Make It Clear (Prod. By DJ Premier)
fun. - Benson Hedges
Get Up Kids - How Long Is Too Long
Pinch - attack of the giant killer robot spiders!
Converge - Cutter
Exlovers - Photobooth
J-Diggs - Code of Da Streets (Ft. Big Rich and Misstory)
Vitalic - Terminateur Benelux
War From a Harlots Mouth - No High Five For C.oward
Jens Lekman - I Saw Her In The Anti War Demonstration
People Under the Stairs - DQMOT
GusGus - Hateful
Blessthefall - Hey Baby, Here's That Song You Wanted
Princeton - Shout It Out
Jern Eye (Lunar Heights) - So and So Ft. Guilty Simpson
Human League - Being Boiled (Being Boiled 7in 1978)
Arise Horror - The Descent
The Darling Buds - Shame on You
Jap Adaptors - I Am An Ant
U-God - Stomp Da Roach
Austrian Death Machine - Come On, Do It, Do It, Come On, Come On, Kill Me, Do It Now
Pretty Girls Make Graves - Sad Girls
The National - Blank Slate
The Bloody Beetroots - Awesome
The Holly Springs Disaster - I D.A.R.E. David Bowie To Drive Drunk
Dananananaykroyd - Watch This!
LMFAO - I'm in Miami Bitch
Frightened Rabbit - The Modern Leper
Tarkan - Kiss Kiss
HORSE the band - Between The Trees
Matre - Defrost Ft. Esto Es Eso
MASSHYSTERI - Var Del Av Stan
Rilo Kiley - the absence of god
LCD Soundsystem - Get Innocuous!
Mew - Repeaterbeater
Yeti Lane - Lonesome George
Every Time I Die - After One Quarter Of A Revolution
Horrorshow - Inside Story
The James Taylor Quartet - Theme from Starsky and Hutch
Wreck Of The Minotaur - Big Money Stella
The Joy Formidable - Cradle
Benga - technocal
All - Problematic
Del The Funky Homosapien & Tame One - Specifics
Good Clean Fun - A Little Bit Emo, A Little Bit
Atmosphere - FEEL GOOD HIT OF THE SUMMER 2
Belle and Sebastian - It Could Have Been A Brilliant Career
The Hidden Cameras - Kingdom Come
Wilco - Wilco (The Song)
The Divine Comedy - Songs of Love

For realsies this time. No accidental clicking of the back button on my mouse at home, no random iTunes/VLC/Mozilla freeze that drops my computer faster than Timmy down the well.

At work, out of coal samples, and an hour and a half left of nothing to do but finally get this thing written down.

Formative Years (1-12)
States: Idaho, Arizona

Music: Solely parental influences (mostly) passed through a Baptist doctrinal filter.

Jerry Lee Lewis
Roy Orbison
The Beach Boys
Carman
Steven Curtis Chapman
Meatloaf

Events of note: Carman, Sesame Street on Ice (Oh yes, you haven't lived till you've seen Big Bird on ice skates)


Early Adolescence/JR High/Freshman, Soph years of HS (13-15)
States: Washington

Music: Hella pop

The Barenaked Ladies
Matchbox Twenty
Train
Everclear
Shawn Colvin
Third Eye Blind
Vertical Horizon

Events of Note: None


Jr./Sr. years of HS (16-18)
State: Washington

Music: Blue-haired, spike-wrist-ed, wallet chain-ed, angsty, angry, commercial metal, Nu-metal, etc. Don't judge me, even Milly Vanilly had fans at one point.

Korn
Tool
Rage Against the Machine
Disturbed
Trapt
Chevelle
Mudvayne
Project 86
Staind
Limp Bizkit

Events of Note: KUFO's Rockfest at Columbia Meadows in Portland. Saw Korn, Chevelle, Trapt, Disturbed, Motograter, and more. Spiked blue hair, way-too-tight jeans, way-too-tight black Stavesacre t-shirt, spiked wristbad. I was so scene. The only punk kid at a metal show.


Post-HS/Comm. College (19-21)
States: Washington

Music: Entry level diversification, appreciation for older stuff

Jem
The Violent Femmes
The Presidents of the United States of America
Echo and the Bunnymen
Dio
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Millencolin
Flogging Molly
Bad Religion
A Perfect Circle
The Mars Volta
The Postal Service
Death Cab for Cutie
The Dandy Warhols
Portishead
Massive Attack

Events of Note: Vans Warped Tour '04, Several Flogging Molly shows, A Perfect Circle w/ The Mars Volta @ The Tacoma Dome, The Violent Femmes + Echo and the Bunnymen + POTUSA +The Psychedelic Furs @ The White River Amphitheatre, COACHELLA feat. Tool, Massive Attack, Atmosphere, Gnarls Barkley, She Wants Revenge, Sigur Ros, Kanye West, etc, etc. Roadrunner Record release party featuring Mastodon, Three Inches of Blood.


WWU (22-23)
States: Washington

Music: So much indie hip-hop, turntablism, 3-4 month stage of nothing but female vocalists, burgeoning interest in the local scene, Mike Patton projects

Atmosphere
The Blue Scholars
Common Market
Aesop Rock
DJ Shadow
Cut Chemist
Ozomatli
Regina Spektor
Amy Winehouse
Blonde Redhead
Björk
My Brightest Diamond
Silversun Pickups
Girl Talk
The Decemberists
Patient Patient
The Braille Tapes
Onalaska
Peeping Tom
Faith No More
Mr. Bungle
Fantomas
Tomahawk
Iron And Wine
Jason Webley

Events of Note: Atmosphere at the now defunct Nightlight, Blue Scholars + Common Market + Aesop Rock on a couple of occasions, The Decemberists with My Brightest Diamond, Peeping Tom on two consecutive days followed immediately by Regina Spektor (That was an amazing weekend, ps) Silversun Pickups twice, Patient Patient at Endfair, Yacht at Endfair, Viva Voce at Endfair

Migratory Path to Texas to Present State (23-24)
States: Washington, Texas, and everything in between

Music: *shrug*

Events of Note: B.B. King...

Wow, I can't believe I've only seen one show since I've been in Texas...

I've had many crushes in my young life; I've even been in love a few times; however, I've reached a point where I've lost that tingle in my trousers.

When I was in high school I had a lot of false alarms. I was quick to say "I love you", but did so without even really knowing what true love was. I flung that love out to whatever was hot and on the radio willing to put out.

I graduated to college, where I found my first TRUE love: Underground Hip-Hop. A bit of Blue Scholars, a dabble of Sweatshop Union, some Jedi Mind Tricks. I started doing things like making mixed CDs for them--that's when you know you're caught up.

This was a long-standing relationship, one that I still haven't put behind me. We continued to age and grow together. I added Atmosphere, MF DOOM, Common, Living Legends, and so on and so forth. At some point, I needed something new.

Like any good Bro Namath in college, I let Jack Johnson dote on me. How else could me and my fellow Bro-do Baggins's get down, while playing Halo and trying to get girls naked? Like all relationships rooted in sex, this one saw its fair share of problems... It became more of a niche- a hit it and quit it, if you will- good for rainy days, studying, and impressing girls. I needed more inspiration.

Enter: The Black Keys. This was the party girl, dancing on a table top, grabbing everyone's attention with her boisterous personality. How could you not like her? Yeah, she's loud; maybe slightly obnoxious to some; but, she pulled me in like no other. It was something different than I'd ever felt before. She opened my eyes to entirely new genres.

Lately, The Black Keys- along with other garage, blues, honey-drip vocals, alt rock groups- have been constantly on my mind. White Stripes, Heartless Bastards, Raconteurs. Somewhere, though, in a small crevice in the curls of my brain, is a thought. A thought that it's possible I could stray; I could find something on the side that will give me butterflies in my stomach like when I was a kid; something that will give me that wet-my-pants joy.

I need help though. That is why I've made this want ad. I need an artist or group that I can fall in love with. I'm not looking for one or two tracks; I'm not even looking for one or two albums; I'm looking for a band with an ENTIRE CATALOG that is worth cop[ping/ulating]. I want something lip-biting, cum-in-my-pants good.

Look, I'll always love you, baby, but it's time to find something new to reinvigorate my life.

Can you be that group? [Please, let me know!!!]